India

Pres. Duterte, Indian PM Modi firm up cooperation vs COVID-19; vaccine under dev’t in India to benefit PHL

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte communicated by phone with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi where the two Asian…

Elevated extreme poverty to persist through 2021: World Bank

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Global economic growth could rebound next year -- but the number of people living in…

Huge fire breaks out at India gas well blowout

GUWAHATI, India (AFP) -- A huge fire broke out at an oil field near popular ecotourism spots in northeastern India…

India arrests man over shocking death of elephant

by Jalees ANDRABI Agence France-Presse NEW DEHLI, India (AFP) — Indian police have arrested a plantation worker and are hunting…

India vows probe after elephant killed with explosives

NEW DEHLI, India (AFP) — India pledged to investigate Thursday the death of a pregnant elephant that ate explosives-filled fruit,…

Virus-hit Mumbai largely unscathed by Cyclone Nisarga

by Ammu KANNAMPILLY / Vishal MANVE MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- At least three people were reported dead as coronavirus-hit Mumbai…

Pregnant elephant dies in India after eating explosive fruit trap

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- A pregnant elephant was killed in India after eating fruit stuffed with explosives, officials said…

Threat to national park, wetlands after India gas well blowout

GUWAHATI, India (AFP) — About 2,000 people have been evacuated from their homes as authorities struggle to control gas pouring from…

Powerful Cyclone Nisarga makes landfall near Mumbai

MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- Cyclone Nisarga ripped roofs off homes in a coastal town near Mumbai Wednesday after officials ordered…

India evacuates 100,000 from homes, virus hospital ahead of cyclone

MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- At least 100,000 people, including some coronavirus patients, were being moved to safer locations according to…

Floods and tears in Bangladesh a week after cyclone

by Sam Jahan and Kazi Santo Agence France-Presse KHULNA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Rezaul Islam wades through waist-high water, a sack of…

India wilts under heatwave as temperature hits 50 degrees Celsius

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India is wilting under a heatwave, with the temperature in places reaching 50 degrees Celsius…

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